Fairy tales, fables and folk tales

The Snow-Child

Easy

8 min read

In a certain village lived a peasant named Ivan, and his wife Mary. They were very fond of each other, and had lived happily together for many years, but unfortunately they had no children. The poor people were sad on that account. Their hearts, however, were gladdened at the sight of their neighbours’ children. What could […]

The Boy Who Found Fear at Last (Andrew Lang version of Fear)

Andrew Lang’s Fairy Books
Turkish

Intermediate

14 min read

Once upon a time there lived a woman who had one son whom she loved dearly. The little cottage in which they dwelt was built on the outskirts of a forest, and as they had no neighbours, the place was very lonely, and the boy was kept at home by his mother to bear her […]

The Olive-Tree and the Fig-Tree

Aesop’s Fables
Greek

Advanced

1 min read

An Olive-tree taunted a Fig-tree with the loss of her leaves at a certain season of the year. “You,” she said, “lose your leaves every autumn, and are bare till the spring: whereas I, as you see, remain green and flourishing all the year round.” Soon afterwards there came a heavy fall of snow, which […]

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